Heritage Minister James Moore announced details of the visit Monday morning.

As part of the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations, the Royal Couple will kick off their whirlwind tour by touching down at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B., on May 21 for an official welcome.

"We are delighted that Their Royal Highnesses will join Canadians in celebrating the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty's reign as Queen of Canada," Heritage Minister James Moore said in the release. "We welcome the Royal Couple and look forward to showing them some of the best of what Canada has to offer."

Moore told reporters on a teleconference the visit highlights the strong ties between Canada and the Royal Family.

The visit marks the 16th trip to Canada for the Prince and the second for the Duchess.

Moore said the department expects the trip to cost less than $1 million — money from the existing Heritage Canada budget. Last year, the minister said the nine-day royal tour by William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, cost approximately $1.2 million.

The minister said the budgeted figure did not include security costs associated with the trip. On previous visits, security costs were about $1 million.

When the two arrive in Toronto, they will be greeted by emergency response workers before viewing a fireworks display over Lake Ontario, the minister said.

Charles and Camilla will visit the provincial legislatures in both Toronto and Regian — two of five opportunities the public will have to catch a glimpse of royalty that will also include a Victoria Day celebration in Saint John and a visit to the First Nations University in Regina.

In Toronto and Regina the royals hand out the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medals — awards created to commemorate six decades of Elizabeth's reign. Moore said the list of recipients for this round of the medals would be released at a later date.

Along with public events, the two royals will take part in private meetings with the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. The prince will also meet with executives of one of his charities, Seeing is Believing — which brings business leaders into the community to promote corporate social responsibility.

The Duchess will get her first chance to visit the Queen's Own Rifles, a regiment for which she has just become colonel-in-chief, on May 22 in Toronto.

Also on Charles and Camilla's itinerary are a commemoration of the War of 1812 in Toronto, a celebration of the centennial of Regina's legislative building and a performance by the Regina Symphony Orchestra.

When the two depart from Regina an official ceremony, including full military honours, will send the Prince and Duchess off.

Feb. 6: King George VI dies. Elizabeth becomes Queen Elizabeth II and Charles automatically becomes Duke of Cornwall and heir to the throne.

1958

Prince Charles attends Cheam boarding school then Gordonstoun school in Scotland. He is named head boy at each.

July 26: Charles is named Prince of Wales by his mother.

1967-1970

Prince Charles attends Trinity College, Cambridge University where he graduates with a degree in history.

1969

July 1: Elaborate investiture ceremony of Prince of Wales takes place at Caernarfon Castle in Wales.

1970

Prince Charles first meets Camilla Shand, who becomes an occasional girlfriend, at a polo match.

July 3-15: Prince Charles makes his first visit to Canada. He visits Ottawa by himself then joins his parents in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories for centennial celebrations.

1971

Prince Charles joins the Royal Navy and is in active service for five years.

1973

July 4: Former girlfriend Camilla Shand marries Andrew Parker Bowles. They have two children before the marriage is dissolved in 1995.

1974

Prince Charles receives a now-famous letter from his uncle, Earl Mountbatten that encourages him to play the field, sow his oats, then settle down with an "attractive and sweet-charactered girl."

1975

April 20-30: Prince Charles visits Ottawa, and the Northwest Territories. In Resolute Bay he goes diving under the Arctic sea ice and drives a sled dog team. He receives the title Attaniout Ikeneego from the Inuit. The translation means "Son of the Big Boss."

May 2-June 5: Prince Charles makes stops in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Montreal. While serving on board HMS Hermes, he stops at a number of ports, including a week in the Arctic. He is a helicopter pilot on the aircraft carrier.

1976

July 13-26: Prince Charles visits Montreal with the rest of his family to watch the Olympic Games and to cheer his sister, Princess Anne, on the British equestrian team.

1977

Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Silver Jubilee.

Prince Charles becomes the colonel-in-chief of several Canadian regiments: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians); Royal Regiment of Canada; Royal Winnipeg Rifles and air commodore-in-chief of the Air Reserve Group.

July 5-9: Prince Charles visits Alberta for celebrations of the signing of the 100th anniversary of Treaty 7 and attends the Calgary Stampede. He is made an honourary chief of the Blood Tribe (Kainai) in Alberta and given the name "Red Crow."

Prince Charles purchases Highgrove House in the Duchy of Cornwall and begins the process of turning the estate it into a sustainable organic farm.

March 30-April 3: Prince Charles visits Ottawa, Vancouver and Victoria. In his capacity as president of International Council of United World College he visits Pearson College of the Pacific. He spends one day in Ottawa.

1981

July 29: At age 32, Prince Charles marries 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

1982

June 21: The couples' first child, Prince William, is born in hospital in London. Prince Charles is awarded the Canadian Forces Decoration.

1983

June 14-July 1: First Canadian tour with Diana, Princess of Wales. The couple visits Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ottawa, Newfoundland and Labrador, P.E.I., and Alberta and are greeted by massive crowds everywhere.

1984

Sept. 15: A second son Prince Henry, known as Harry, is born.

1985

Prince Charles is made colonel-in-chief of the Royal Canadian Dragoons.

1986

April 30-May 7: Charles and Diana spend a week in British Columbia. They attend the opening of Expo 86 in Vancouver.

1991

Oct. 23-29: Charles and Diana spend a week in Ontario, accompanied for part of the trip by sons William and Harry. Seven-year-old Harry performs his first foreign walkabout in Niagara Falls.

1992

June: A quasi-authorized biography of Diana called "Diana, her true story" is published revealing her unhappiness in the marriage and with the Royal Family and hints that Charles had affairs.

Dec. 9: John Major, Britain's prime minister at the time, announces the separation of the Prince and Princess of Wales to the British House of Commons.

1993

In an intimate private telephone conversation with Camilla Parker Bowles, leaked to the British tabloids, Charles expresses the desire to be her tampon.

1994

June: In an effort to stem the tide of negative publicity around his marriage, Charles gives a candid television interview in which he admits to affairs and defends his friendship with Camilla Parker Bowles. The strategy backfires with the public.

1995

November: Diana gives an interview to the BBC that explained the reasons for the breakdown of the marriage: "There were three of us in this marriage . . . it was crowded" in reference to Parker Bowles.

1996

April 23-29: Prince Charles takes a solo trip to Ottawa, Manitoba, and New Brunswick.

August 28: The marriage to Diana is officially dissolved.

1997

Aug. 31: Diana is killed and boyfriend Dodi Fayed are killed in a car crash in Paris.

Sept. 6: Tens of thousands line the streets of London for the funeral of Diana, the "People's Princess." Millions more watch on TV.

1998

March 23-28: Prince Charles visits Vancouver and Whistler, B.C. This trip combines official engagements and a skiing holiday with William and Henry. Prince William is famously photographed with the Canadian Olympic Association team jacket and poor-boy cap. The princes are mobbed by adoring teen girls.

2000

June: Camilla meets the Queen for the first time, indicating tacit acceptance by the Royal Family of her relationship with Prince Charles.

2001

April 25-30: Prince Charles visits Ottawa, Saskatchewan and the Yukon. In a ceremony near Saskatoon, he receives the name Pisimwa Kamiwohkitahpamikohk or "The Sun Looks at Him in a Good Way" by Cree elders.

2002

Queen Elizabeth celebrates her Golden Jubilee.

2004

Prince Charles is appointed honorary colonel-in-chief of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.

April 9: Prince Charles marries Camilla at Guildhall in Windsor after a one-day delay to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Parker Bowles becomes the Duchess of Cornwall and would not use the title "Princess of Wales."

2009

Nov. 2-10: Charles and Camilla visit Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, and British Columbia. During the visit Charles is appointed a vice-admiral of Canadian Forces Maritime Command, lieutenant-general of Canadian Forces Land Command and lieutenant-general of the Canadian Forces Air Command.

2011

April: Prince Charles becomes the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, surpassing the previous record of 59 years, two months and 13 days, set by his great-great-grandfather King Edward VII.

April 29: Eldest son William marries longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton at a ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

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